The Great Depression provided an opportunity to rethink old policies in a major way. In the current morass, everything should, once again, be open for debate. One sacred cow that has long been in need of a good stockyard is the home mortgage interest deduction. So, in the spirit of libertarian progressivism, I suggest gradually reducing the upper limit on the deduction to loans of up to $300,000, and then refunding the tax revenues in a more productive manner.

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About Me

The best compliment I ever received - I am rationally exuberant. This accolade a la Greenspan really sums me up. Methodical analysis and economic rationales will be applied, but at the end of the day I think things are pretty swell. Life is just better when you choose to be happy. That doesn't mean I don't worry about America turning into a hawkish leviathan - it just means I can put things in perspective.